गोकुल में आनंद भयो, जय कन्हैया लाल की!

Jab jab Janmashtami ka pawan tyohar aata hai, sabhi log bal-gopal ke janam ki khushiyan manate hain. Lekin Vrindavan mein Janmashtami ki raat ka ek aur adbhut roop hota hai. Kehte hain ki jab Kanha ka janamdin aata hai, toh poori srishti unhe upahar (gift) dene ke liye aatur rehti hai, par Kanha ke liye sabse bada upahar Radha ji ka nishchal prem hai.

Ek baar Janmashtami ki madhyaratri (midnight) ko, jab poora Vrindavan dipakon ki roshni se jagmagakar Kanha ka janamdin mana raha tha, tab Krishna thode samay ke liye rajmahal ke ek shaant jharokhe mein aaye. Charo taraf dhoop-batti ki khushboo thi aur aakash mein poora chand apni sheetal chandni bikhair raha ko.

Kanha ne apni bansuri hothon se lagayi aur unhone kisi yuddh ya leela ke liye nahi, balki Radha ji ke liye ek behad madhur prem-dhun bajayi. Us dhun ko sunkar Radha ji daudi chali aayin. Unhone dekha ki unke Kanha aaj ke din bhi sabse alag, sirf unke prem ke rang mein doobe huye hain.

Radha ji ne prem aur aadar se Kanha ka hath thama aur apna sir unke kandhe par rakh diya. Unhone apni aankhein band kar li aur us adbhut sangeet mein kho gayin. Us samay aisa laga maano samay ruk gaya ho. Aakash se devtaon ne jab ye roop dekha, toh unhone kaha ki Krishna bhale hi poore brahmand ke swami hain, par unka hriday sirf Radha ke prem ke vash mein hai.

Janmashtami ka yeh pawan din humein sikhata hai ki jahan sacha aur nishchal prem hota hai, vahan swayam bhagwan ka vaas hota hai.